Embroidery.



J. M. REIS.

EMBROIDERY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1. I913.

IIVI/ENTOR H ATTORNEYS Patented July 4, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I WITNESSES J. M. REIS.

EMBROIDERY.

APPLICAIION FILED MAR. 1, 1913. 1,189,384. Patented July 4, 1916.

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WITNESSES M 27' Jeni/521m ilk (9w 2 1 ATTORN Y8 JULIUS M. nnrs, or Yong, N; .Y.

EMBROIDERY.

To all ivhma it may concern.

Be it known that I, JULIUS M. Rrns, .a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of New York, county of New York, and

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. Relating to Embroidery, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an article of manufacture, and particularly to an article of dry goods, for instance, wearing apparel in combination with an embroidery foundation and filling thereon, to be marketed with the embroidery design and. filling thereon,

and later to be embroidered by the pur-y chaser.

- One further feature of my invention is to colorthe foundations especially with vary ing shadesof color so as to indicate desirable colors of.- embroiderythread to be used in embroidering over the foundations.

Heretofore it has been customary to market some articles of dry goods, which have been stamped in ink or the like, with certain ornamental designs sothat the purchaser ma embroider the article according to, the design. In such case, however in order to give the embroidery the necessary body, filling material must be used, over which the embroideryhis performed. This method is subject to many disadvantages. It is extremely diflicult for the average purchaser to hold the filling material in proper position while embroidering thereover, which not only causes very poor results but the operation takes a very long time, and the two together tend to discourage the public from embroidering generally.

In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates a garment embodying my invention in one form; Fig. 2 is a section through a portion of the same taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1; and Figs. 3 and). are enlarged views of the colored foundations.

Referring to the drawings, 3 represents a garment or article of wearing apparel of cloth, the edges l of which are left raw. Secured to the cloth near these edges are strips of cellulosic material 5, preferably paper pulp or the like, in the form of scallops, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The strips 5 are firmly secured to the cloth by means of an adhesive for instance a cement 6 (Fig. 2) which is preferably composed of rubber dissolved in carbon disulfid. The improved method of applying these paper Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July4 1916.

' Application filed March 1, 1913.. Serial No. 751,486..

pulp foundations to the articles is; to first spray one side of a sheetof paper pulp w th the cement, then stamp or cut out the foundat ons, then spray the opposite side with the :various colors, and then apply them 'to the article by the aid of forms,- with thezadhesive side against the cloth, and then (allow the cement to :dry or harden by evaporation, of the solvent, or softening liquid. 1 The drying-may be hastened by applying heat, as by applying a hotiron to the foundations. The cement causes the foundations to adhere firmly to the cloth so that they willnotbecome detached by ship-v ping or even the roughest handling. Other:

applied in the same manner to the article, as at 7, 8, 9 and 10. When the purchaser receives the article, in order to produce a finished embroidered article it is only necessary to embroider over the paper pulp foundations which serve thedouble purpose of patterns and. filling material.

Bythe use of my improvements, the raw edges of the clothmay be cut off to conform to the scallops before embroidering, which has been. practically impossible with prior arrangements. V

Notonly does the coloringof the foundations indicate the desirable colors with which the article is to be embroidered, but when so embroidered, should the -embroidery threads become separated in any manner on the top of the foundations, a colorwill show through which is substan' tially of the same color as the embroidery thread so that the gap will not be noticeable. If for instance, a white foundation were embroidered with black or blue thread, and a gap should occur at any point, the artistic effect would be ruined by the appearance of white through the gap, but this disadvantage is entirely overcome in my invention. By shading the color or colors on a foundation from light to dark, (Fig. 3) or from one color to another, as indicated in Fig. 4, the most desirable artistic effects can be indicated and any gap in the embroidery threads will not materially disfigure the embroidery.

The new article is obviously far more ad vantageous than those heretofore on the market, which merely have thereon the design stampedin ink or the like, in that the purchaser is saved the time, trouble and expense of purchasing separate filling maornamental'paper pulp foundations may be.

terial and the great trouble and time getting it and keeping it properly in place, with the result that many articles are so pooror defective in the embroidering that they must be either partly or Wholly done over, or else are not fit for the uses for which they were originally intended.- The spraying of the adhesive cement on the foundations causes the latter to receive an even coat of adhesive in a short time before the liquid solvent has time to materially evaporate, and the spraying of the exposed face of the foundations with coloring material after the forms are cut permits a great variety of colors on the same or different forms, with only a small stock of forms.

Although I have described my improvements in great detail and withrespect to a specific embodiment thereof, I do not desire to be limited to such details, except as clearly pointed out in the appended claims, as many changes and modifications may be I made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in its broader aspects, and I consequently desire to cover all arrangements coming within the scope of any one or more of the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y

1'. An article of dry goods, comprising a cloth article to be marketed, having an embroidery foundationof cellulosic material firmly secured thereto by an adhesive, the exposed face of the foundation being colored, whereby the foundation serves as a pattern for the embroidery, as a filling material therefor, and as a chart for selecting the embroidery colors, and whereby a gap in the embroidery threads will not materially disfigure the embroidery.

2. An article of dry goods, comprising a cloth article, having an embroidery foundation of cellulosic material secured firmly thereto by an adhesive, said foundation the embroidery threads will not materially disfigure the embroidery.

4;. The improved embroidery foundation comprising a suitable filler form shaped according to the form of the embroidery and colored according to the colors to be used in embroidering thereon, whereby the foun dation serves as apattern for the embroidery, as a filling material therefor and as a chart for selecting the embroidery colors, and whereby a gap in the embroidery threads will not materially disfigure the embroidery.

5. An article of dry goods comprising a cloth article to 'be marketed, having an embroidery filler form thereon colored aocording to the colors to be used in the embroidery, whereby the form serves as a pattern for the embroidery, as a filling material therefor and as a chart for selecting the embroidery colors, and whereby a gap in the embroidery threads will not materially disfigure the embroidery.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JULIUS M. REIS. Witnesses:

GORHAM CROSBY, EDWIN SEGER.

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